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the national polls show it tied, maybe a slight, slight edge for romney in the average of polls. but if you do the state-by-state breakdown, it's a very difficult path for romney to win that electoral college without ohio, wisconsin, iowa, that midwest fortress that obama seems to have. >> when obama made the decision on the bailout that was unpopular and it now may be that that actually saves him in ohio. >> i remember doing reporting on that, and aus ten goolsby gave the pure economic advisory said don't do this. and they said mr. president we campaigned in these states, these people are getting killed we've got to do this. one of the most important decisions of his presidency. >> if he wints ohio, it's going to be because he bailed out the auto industry. >> yeah. >> there are about 800,000 we estimate, gloria, undecided voters in these few remaining battle ground states. they're all working trying to convince them. what is going to convince them. >> it's really hard to say. when you talk to republicans they tell you that late in the game, where we are, undecided voters will br
the national polls show it tied, maybe a slight, slight edge for romney in the average of polls. but if you do the state-by-state breakdown, it's a very difficult path for romney to win that electoral college without ohio, wisconsin, iowa, that midwest fortress that obama seems to have. >> when obama made the decision on the bailout that was unpopular and it now may be that that actually saves him in ohio. >> i remember doing reporting on that, and aus ten goolsby gave the pure...
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a closer look at why romney's poll numbers seem to be slipping. let's bring in cnn's political reporter peter hamby. i enjoyed reading your article at cnn.com. >> thank you. >> give us some idea why if you will why the president is running so strong? >> the real problem for mitt romney is in the meat of the polls. he has advantage on economy, taxes, democrats rarely have advantage on, among women. couple things jumped out at me. this is from "the washington post" poll yesterday, mitt romney is at 50% unfave, 40% faif. barack obama 39% unfavorable, mitt romney's having trouble getting people to like him. that's a very big problem. the other thing that jumped out at me is this question of the bailout by two to one margin -- >> the auto bailout. >> the auto bailout, voters there in ohio like the bailout and said it's been good for the economy. you see this in poll after ohio poll. >> wow, those are some pretty strong numbers. you've been talking to ohio republicans. what are they saying? what are their concerns? are they afraid of losing the state? >
a closer look at why romney's poll numbers seem to be slipping. let's bring in cnn's political reporter peter hamby. i enjoyed reading your article at cnn.com. >> thank you. >> give us some idea why if you will why the president is running so strong? >> the real problem for mitt romney is in the meat of the polls. he has advantage on economy, taxes, democrats rarely have advantage on, among women. couple things jumped out at me. this is from "the washington post"...
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you saw the ohio poll, the cnn poll that came out today. obama 51%, romney 47%. that's within the margin of error. the new hampshire poll, wmur granite state poll now has obama 47% to 41%, back in september it was obama 54%, 39% for romney. the michigan likely voters choice is now 48%, 45% obama over romney. it was ten points in september 47%, 37%. what's going on here, james? >> i think the race has tightened since the debate. i'm a democrat, so i don't attack pollsters, fact checkers, evolutionary scientists, climate scientists or anything like that. the truth of the matter is it's tightened. the poll of polls and the national numbers seems to be around one. and we'll move on with the rest of the campaign. no sense in attacking pollsters here. no doubt that governor romney has done himself some good since that debate. and we'll see where we go from here. we can say i'm not going to attack scientists or fact checkers or pollsters. >> ari, you're not attacking fact checkers or pollsters either, are you? >> last i looked. no, wolf, that's exactly right. the debate
you saw the ohio poll, the cnn poll that came out today. obama 51%, romney 47%. that's within the margin of error. the new hampshire poll, wmur granite state poll now has obama 47% to 41%, back in september it was obama 54%, 39% for romney. the michigan likely voters choice is now 48%, 45% obama over romney. it was ten points in september 47%, 37%. what's going on here, james? >> i think the race has tightened since the debate. i'm a democrat, so i don't attack pollsters, fact checkers,...
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now after the poll, 52% for president obama. 46% for governor romney. that's a six-point split there. you predicted, alex, and i was there with you, after the bill clinton speech at the democratic convention, you predicted that there would be a significant bounce for the president as a result of that. but the democrats did have a pretty good convention. >> they had a better one than we did as republicans, wolf. wednesday night, bill clinton said, president obama is safe when it comes to money. he's not that big a spender. remember me, trust me. thursday night, the president reminded people of what they liked about him four years ago. and i think part of this bump is just people who were a little less enthused are now willing to tell the poll, i like that guy. but overall, the democratic c e convention had more energy than the republicans. night by night and overall, the democrats beat the republicans. >> i thought the republicans did have a pretty good convention, too. but they had some bad luck. namely, hurricane isaac which took away the first night a
now after the poll, 52% for president obama. 46% for governor romney. that's a six-point split there. you predicted, alex, and i was there with you, after the bill clinton speech at the democratic convention, you predicted that there would be a significant bounce for the president as a result of that. but the democrats did have a pretty good convention. >> they had a better one than we did as republicans, wolf. wednesday night, bill clinton said, president obama is safe when it comes to...
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i talked to another romney aide about the poll numbers showing mitt romney up by four points over the president. they were expressing that aide expressing some caution about this poll number saying they would have preferred that number coming out on november 4th. not on october 8th. wolf? >> all right. thanks very much for that, jim acosta. mitt romney's call to arm syrian rebels could level the playing field in the country's civil war and put weapons in the hands potentially of 2riterrorists. pentagon correspondent chris stewart is worki in lawrence is working this side of story. >> reporter: this is a major difference. governor romney is advocating for an aggressive american approach to syria. it carries a reward in that if and when bashar al assad falls, the americans and the united states would really have a seat at the table as to what comes next but the risk is that some of the arms that could flow in to syria could be in the hands of terrorists. in a mitt romney administration, the u.s. could be fighting a proxy war with iran in syria. governor romney said monday that iran is s
i talked to another romney aide about the poll numbers showing mitt romney up by four points over the president. they were expressing that aide expressing some caution about this poll number saying they would have preferred that number coming out on november 4th. not on october 8th. wolf? >> all right. thanks very much for that, jim acosta. mitt romney's call to arm syrian rebels could level the playing field in the country's civil war and put weapons in the hands potentially of...
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romney now leads the president 48%, 47% in cnn's poll of polls and perhaps even more telling after the months of voters finding president obama more likable than romney, now they're tied according to a new poll with romney actually over 50%, i think, for the first time. according to andrew sullivan, it's going to take a lot of quote, intelligence, fire, and argument, unquote, for the president to turn this thing around. and it still might not be enough for obama to break even for romney in the remaining two debates. that brings us back, then, for tomorrow's debate. tomorrow's debate moderated by candy crowley. the town hall format could make it even tougher for the president to win. no teleprompter and all of that. no doubt the president will have to come out strong against romney, but also has to show he can connect with the voters in the town hall and those people watching at home. it's all a very tricky balancing act. and above all else, mr. obama will have to avoid the long, boring, professor-like answers that he is sometimes prone to. here's the question. what's the president's gr
romney now leads the president 48%, 47% in cnn's poll of polls and perhaps even more telling after the months of voters finding president obama more likable than romney, now they're tied according to a new poll with romney actually over 50%, i think, for the first time. according to andrew sullivan, it's going to take a lot of quote, intelligence, fire, and argument, unquote, for the president to turn this thing around. and it still might not be enough for obama to break even for romney in the...
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poll after poll shows momentum building behind the romney/ryan tukt and there's pressure on the president now t wrap up his game for the three-week sprint to election day. let's bring in our correspondent, we're getting reaction to the vice presidential debate, more comments coming in. but the president has his mission cut out for him right now. dan? >> he really does. we just have to look back to right after the debate where the president turned up his volume, strongly aggressively going after his gop opponents. but what we saw this week at the university of miami on thursday at a big rally there was the president even turning up the volume a bit more. attacking mitt romney for what the president says was his changing position on a whole host of issues, including taxes. take a listen. >> he's trying to go through an extreme makeover. after running for more than a year in which he called himself severely conservative, mitt romney is trying to convince you that he was severely kidding. >> i was talking to a senior campaign official about the tone of the president's rally and this official
poll after poll shows momentum building behind the romney/ryan tukt and there's pressure on the president now t wrap up his game for the three-week sprint to election day. let's bring in our correspondent, we're getting reaction to the vice presidential debate, more comments coming in. but the president has his mission cut out for him right now. dan? >> he really does. we just have to look back to right after the debate where the president turned up his volume, strongly aggressively going...
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the fox news poll, 49% obama, 42% romney. the reuters poll, obama 49%, romney 42%. what's going on here? >> couple things. one, we're looking at registered voters here. when you look at likely voters underneath that, there's more intensity on the republican side. so the race does get a little closer. but obama remains a couple points ahead as he does i think in most polls. nothing fundamentally has changed here except one thing. mitt romney's negative does seem to be going up. some of the obama attacks seem to be having an effect on it after this long, long summer we've been through. but the race is still about bigger things. the economy hasn't changed. it's still going down the toilet. we're losing jobs. the race is still basically very close. >> when you say the difference between registered and likely voters, registered voters are people who have already registered. likely voters are registered voters plus those who might still register. >> no. likely voters are those who are on the rolls, but when you ask them are you really sure they're going to vote in they te
the fox news poll, 49% obama, 42% romney. the reuters poll, obama 49%, romney 42%. what's going on here? >> couple things. one, we're looking at registered voters here. when you look at likely voters underneath that, there's more intensity on the republican side. so the race does get a little closer. but obama remains a couple points ahead as he does i think in most polls. nothing fundamentally has changed here except one thing. mitt romney's negative does seem to be going up. some of the...
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i think when you look at this poll though romney needs to be more ahead with men than he is in this poll. >> 54 42 not enough. >> not enough gin the gender gap for women. that's a problem for him. it might be the auto bailout that could be a problem for him. >> even in iowa. >> but -- this is ohio. >> i mean ohio. >> if he's going to lose with women, he has to get that gender gap up with men beyond what it is for the president. >> and you see that -- you mentioned iowa, if you look at the polls in the midwestern states michigan, which nobody views in play right now, the polls have been close a couple times but the president seems comfortably ahead in michigan, ohio wisconsin and even iowa which you don't think of as an auto state but in those states that have had a lot of coverage by the bailout and impacted by the auto industry and the president's standing among white men is a little higher than the rest of the country. >> let me say this in our poll in early october mitt romney was up 13 points with men, he's lost some ground. the president was up 22 points with women. he may be losing
i think when you look at this poll though romney needs to be more ahead with men than he is in this poll. >> 54 42 not enough. >> not enough gin the gender gap for women. that's a problem for him. it might be the auto bailout that could be a problem for him. >> even in iowa. >> but -- this is ohio. >> i mean ohio. >> if he's going to lose with women, he has to get that gender gap up with men beyond what it is for the president. >> and you see that --...
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president obama is trying to cut into romney's support here and a recent cnn poll of polls shows him ahead six points. the obama campaign launched this attack ad on thursday airing in virginia and a handful of other states and as early voting starts up in a number of states, the president framed his closing argument in a positive ad where he talks directly to the camera. >> it's time for a new economic patriotism, rooted in the believe that growing our economy begins with a strong, thriving middle class. >> that is a message that president obama reiterated in virginia as he pushes a newly framed set of proposals. economic patriotism as he calls it, reducing oil imports and also giving tax breaks to companies that invest in the u.s. >> i assume the president is spending a lot of his time these days gettinged ready for that debate wednesday night. >> certainly in the big mush is the goin to be as he heads to nevada here in the next couple of days and will be preparing as you know his partner senator john kerry who will be filling the shoes in these mock proposals. the campaign doesn't
president obama is trying to cut into romney's support here and a recent cnn poll of polls shows him ahead six points. the obama campaign launched this attack ad on thursday airing in virginia and a handful of other states and as early voting starts up in a number of states, the president framed his closing argument in a positive ad where he talks directly to the camera. >> it's time for a new economic patriotism, rooted in the believe that growing our economy begins with a strong,...
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pointed out that mitt romney -- that same poll showed that mitt romney was ahead with independent voters 53% to 38%. he said, well, if that's the case, we're winning this state. here's the thing i love what he wrote. he said "write it down. if mitt romney wins independent voters by 15% in ohio, he'll be the next president of the united states." >> i just wrote it dun. >> write it down. >> thank you. gloria, appreciate it. lisa sylvester is monitoring some other stories in "the situation room" right now. including an outburst of violence across iraq. what's the latest? >> wolf, at least 12 people were killed in a series of shootings and bombings across iraq. daily violence has been largely dropping over the past four years. but last month was the deadliest in two years. the iraqi government blames the violence on insurgents linked to al qaeda. and more good news today for the u.s. housing market. foreclosures fell in nearly two-thirds of the country's biggest markets. realty track says the most markets are past the worst of the housing crisis, but there are still a few trouble spots inclu
pointed out that mitt romney -- that same poll showed that mitt romney was ahead with independent voters 53% to 38%. he said, well, if that's the case, we're winning this state. here's the thing i love what he wrote. he said "write it down. if mitt romney wins independent voters by 15% in ohio, he'll be the next president of the united states." >> i just wrote it dun. >> write it down. >> thank you. gloria, appreciate it. lisa sylvester is monitoring some other...
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polls showing romney down seven, eight, even nine points. in all the battleground states and national polls romney's coming up. that's the momentum the republicans hope to keep in tonight's debate. >> john, is there any evidence right now that this debate -- that last week's debate has put some states in play that presumably weren't in play? >> there's some evidence. that's a fascinating question. this is a key point in the campaign. where are we going to spend ad dollars? where are we going to send the vice president and paul ryan? governor romney has been trying for a long time to put his birth state, michigan, in play. we had a poll suggested that was unlikely to happen. this is after the debate. a reputable polling firm from the state of michigan, a three-point race. we'll watch and see if it lasts. sometimes the bounces dissipate. at the moment the democrats might have to worry more about michigan. another state romney has long wanted to put in play is battleground pennsylvania. been out of reach in most polls. here's one snapshot, but
polls showing romney down seven, eight, even nine points. in all the battleground states and national polls romney's coming up. that's the momentum the republicans hope to keep in tonight's debate. >> john, is there any evidence right now that this debate -- that last week's debate has put some states in play that presumably weren't in play? >> there's some evidence. that's a fascinating question. this is a key point in the campaign. where are we going to spend ad dollars? where are...
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our polls also show what voters think of mitt romney's potential vice presidential picks. let's bring in our national political correspondent jim acosta. he's taking a closer look at all of these numbers. >> that's right. >> at least on the surface, should bring a smile to the obama campaign. >> and perhaps a warning to mitt romney and his campaign to go big in the vice presidential search with mitt romney heading out on a potential rollout of his running mate. the results on the veepstakes are even more fascinating. the two men that seem to be the safe bets in washington are not the top choices in their own party. with perhaps just days to go before mitt romney makes his vice presidential pick, the conventional wisdom in washington has narrowedit down to the two ps. tim pawlenty and rob portman. >> it's an honor to be considered. it's -- it certainly would be an honor for anybody to be considered. >> reporter: widely considered the safest choices of the bunch, the two ps are saying all the right things. >> i'm in the senate. i just got elected two years ago. >> reporter:
our polls also show what voters think of mitt romney's potential vice presidential picks. let's bring in our national political correspondent jim acosta. he's taking a closer look at all of these numbers. >> that's right. >> at least on the surface, should bring a smile to the obama campaign. >> and perhaps a warning to mitt romney and his campaign to go big in the vice presidential search with mitt romney heading out on a potential rollout of his running mate. the results on...
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and the romney campaign doesn't like that poll. they say governor romney's winning in that. how do you win a bellwether swing state by 24 points among independents and still lose? they say there are too many democrats but a lot of comments about polls these days. say for the argument that that one stays blue. if the president wins ohio, it would move him up with nothing else changed to 255. put him on the doorstep. how could governor romney get to 270? again, no republican's ever done it without winning ohio. but can he do it? it's mathematically possible. the question is, is it feasible? give him back florida and virginia, that would get him to 248. the romney campaign is feeling more confident, the president is there right now. again for this hypothetical give romney to ohio. how does he get to 270 without ohio? that's dicey. nevada, 263. then he could win new hampshire, that would get him to 267. then he would have to win one of these midwestern states and they do feel,ed romney campaign, feel they can take iowa. that would get them there. also competitive in wisconsin bu
and the romney campaign doesn't like that poll. they say governor romney's winning in that. how do you win a bellwether swing state by 24 points among independents and still lose? they say there are too many democrats but a lot of comments about polls these days. say for the argument that that one stays blue. if the president wins ohio, it would move him up with nothing else changed to 255. put him on the doorstep. how could governor romney get to 270? again, no republican's ever done it...
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." >>> happening now, just two days before the first obama/romney debate and our new cnn national poll shows the president's lost, lost his post-convention bounce. but there's a different story in the battleground states. >>> mitt romney could make a huge impact on the supreme court. how he could change the direction of the court for decades. >>> they make $10 a day to put their lives on the line. but they could lose their job ifs they don't lose some weight. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're now just 36 days from the presidential election and nationally our brand-new cnn/orc poll of likely voters shows the race between president obama and governor romney remaining up for grabs. the president leads 50% to 47%. but his three-point margin is within the poll's sampling error. our chief national correspondent john king is in denver getting ready for the debate over there. that's the site of the debate. john, take us into these numbers. what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, wolf, i can tell you this, talking to senior officials in the romney campaign, they believ
." >>> happening now, just two days before the first obama/romney debate and our new cnn national poll shows the president's lost, lost his post-convention bounce. but there's a different story in the battleground states. >>> mitt romney could make a huge impact on the supreme court. how he could change the direction of the court for decades. >>> they make $10 a day to put their lives on the line. but they could lose their job ifs they don't lose some weight. i'm...
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yet, where mitt romney polls badly, people don't seem to think he gets them. we talk about this last week. we have a race that's come down to competence. we see romney scoring better who has ideas versus compassion. and we see president obama doing well on the who cares about the middle class, who relates more to people, who understands you better. that is to me where it's going. >> does especially much better with women. >> that's what the last convention was about. i've never seen so many women role models. >> just i wait. we're going to get more today. >> you'll see a lot of women and a lot of bill clinton here on wednesday night. the relaonship between bill clinton and barack obama, candy, talk about that. >> well, let's see. bill clinton's wife ran against him. where to begin is right. at this moment, bill clinton is a partyman. he is the go-to guy. he's the most popular living ex-president. he goes across the board with swing voters, but the base loves him. but i think more importantly, for this convention, and yes, it's to the base and yes it's to the s
yet, where mitt romney polls badly, people don't seem to think he gets them. we talk about this last week. we have a race that's come down to competence. we see romney scoring better who has ideas versus compassion. and we see president obama doing well on the who cares about the middle class, who relates more to people, who understands you better. that is to me where it's going. >> does especially much better with women. >> that's what the last convention was about. i've never seen...
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if you look at iowa, 51%, 43% romney. the wisconsin poll, also the nbc poll, 51% obama, 45 romney. these are the key states, a lot of these are eight, nine, ten states that will determine who the next president is. >> yes. and the romney people would like to see their numbers a little better in florida. they really believe that they've got a really good shot at winning the state of florida. if they lose ohio, wolf, and you look at iowa and wisconsin, they've got to win one of those states and so far they're behind it. and what's behind it is the gender gap which so far is really not working in romney's favor. women, in iowa and wisconsin by double digits. and that's mitt romney's problem. >> you've been doing some reporting x ryan, on nevada right now. unemployment has gone down slightly but it's still above the national average. what do you see there? >> i went there to try to figure out why in a state with 12% unemployment has obama led every poll this year. it's just a demographic story there. the democrats say the adult latino citizen population has grown 39% since 2008 and the
if you look at iowa, 51%, 43% romney. the wisconsin poll, also the nbc poll, 51% obama, 45 romney. these are the key states, a lot of these are eight, nine, ten states that will determine who the next president is. >> yes. and the romney people would like to see their numbers a little better in florida. they really believe that they've got a really good shot at winning the state of florida. if they lose ohio, wolf, and you look at iowa and wisconsin, they've got to win one of those states...
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that he can maintain that lead that he has in the polls over mitt romney, wolf. as you know, back in 2004, george w. bush, then the incumbent, did uncharacteristically well with hispanics for a republican and that was key to keeping him in the white house. >> certainly was. thanks very much, brianna keilar, over at the white house. >>> serious deadly civil war, up close, rare reporting from inside the capital of damascus. our own nic robertson was there. >>> plus, disturbing new details of the deadly attack that killed the united states ambassador. we're going to get them straight. the new information coming in from libya's prime minister. all? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4g lte network, and motorola, droid does. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. perform, compete and grow. and people are driving this change. that's the power of human resources. the society
that he can maintain that lead that he has in the polls over mitt romney, wolf. as you know, back in 2004, george w. bush, then the incumbent, did uncharacteristically well with hispanics for a republican and that was key to keeping him in the white house. >> certainly was. thanks very much, brianna keilar, over at the white house. >>> serious deadly civil war, up close, rare reporting from inside the capital of damascus. our own nic robertson was there. >>> plus,...
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the cbs/"the new york times"/quinnipiac university poll, obama, 50, romney, 45. looks like it's pretty tight in ohio. what are you seeing? >> pretty tight. but you've seen a reliable, stable, narrow obama lead in ohio. and that's going to continue through. i think barack obama wins ohio. here's why. for once, liberals did something that people could understand. it was saving the auto industry. one out of eight jobs in that state is dependent on autos. barack obama saved the auto industry. mitt romney famously would not have supported the obama auto bailout. >> if he wins ohio, ari, i'm sure you agree the rescue of general motors and chrysler probably will be the single most important reason. >> yeah, but we're missing a big factor and that's the president's vulnerability on energy policy. av turned against the president. united mine workers won't even endorse the president. he has a problem on the other side of the state as well. when you look at those polls, the same issue that was prevalent a month ago, two months ago remains. the polls continue to oversample d
the cbs/"the new york times"/quinnipiac university poll, obama, 50, romney, 45. looks like it's pretty tight in ohio. what are you seeing? >> pretty tight. but you've seen a reliable, stable, narrow obama lead in ohio. and that's going to continue through. i think barack obama wins ohio. here's why. for once, liberals did something that people could understand. it was saving the auto industry. one out of eight jobs in that state is dependent on autos. barack obama saved the auto...
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two new polls in wisconsin have romney losing to obama by six points in one poll, by 14 points in another poll. so the key question is, how does romney change this dynamic? based in the last week or two hasn't been good for him. >> well, i spent a lot of my day making calls to republicans about that. as you can guess there's no shortage of advice from republicans sitting outside the campaign who say romney has to do something. it's not good enough to just depend on changing the dynamic two weeks from now in a presidential debate. they believe there's a window now in the next two weeks when he can acally give a couple of serious speeches on foreign policy. the president's numbers on foreign policy by the way have declined by a handful of points recently. they believe there's an opening on foreign policy. and of course they want him to put more meat on the bones on the question of what he would do on domestic policy. in particular he has an advantage on who's going to fix the deficit. well, tell people how you're going to do it. tell them exactly how you want to reform the tax code. tell th
two new polls in wisconsin have romney losing to obama by six points in one poll, by 14 points in another poll. so the key question is, how does romney change this dynamic? based in the last week or two hasn't been good for him. >> well, i spent a lot of my day making calls to republicans about that. as you can guess there's no shortage of advice from republicans sitting outside the campaign who say romney has to do something. it's not good enough to just depend on changing the dynamic...
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the romney campaign says it's competitive, but consistent polling in the wisconsin. this one here, romney campaign says it's competitive, let's for hypothetical let's say that's a safer pick to give that to the president. i'm going to take it back and make it a tossup state again. i was in colorado recently. this is a true toss-up. for the sake of argument say governor romney gets that. then you're out here in the east again, 253, 257. for the sake of argument give that to the president, you're at 259, 257. who wins nample? only four. that could be a critical one there. this is the biggest one of all. governor romney has to kin. if he does in this scenario, he's over the top. if he does you could potentially have a scenario like this. with a state like colorado and a state like new hampshire deciding it at the end. if there's one place to watch, that is the biggest of the battlegrounds heading into the final days. >> you can't overestimate how important eye yoe is to both of those candidates. >> not just romney. i can give you more reasonable obama 2007 scenarios, bu
the romney campaign says it's competitive, but consistent polling in the wisconsin. this one here, romney campaign says it's competitive, let's for hypothetical let's say that's a safer pick to give that to the president. i'm going to take it back and make it a tossup state again. i was in colorado recently. this is a true toss-up. for the sake of argument say governor romney gets that. then you're out here in the east again, 253, 257. for the sake of argument give that to the president, you're...
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this is a new "washington post"/abc poll, back in may, 46/49. 46 for romney, 49 for obama. 47/41 47/47 right now. there's not a whole lot of movement among national voters. wrap this up for us, james, with the most important thing you think the president needs to do. >> i think he's moving on. i think his second term has to be about putting the middle class front and center, he needs to go to work on a strategy to rebuild the middle class, frame everything within that issue, and i think that's the winning strategy here. you know, i have not been luck to criticize the president's re-election campaign when i thought it was in the wrong direction. i think it's in the right direction right now, i'm happy to say i like the way this campaign is going in, i like the aggression i see out of chicago. a lot i like here. >> so when the republicans say you're only proposing class warfare, what say you? >> warren buffett says there's been a class warfare going on in this country for a long time and his class is winning. the middle class has been undersiege in this country for over 30 years. and tha
this is a new "washington post"/abc poll, back in may, 46/49. 46 for romney, 49 for obama. 47/41 47/47 right now. there's not a whole lot of movement among national voters. wrap this up for us, james, with the most important thing you think the president needs to do. >> i think he's moving on. i think his second term has to be about putting the middle class front and center, he needs to go to work on a strategy to rebuild the middle class, frame everything within that issue, and...
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poll, mitt romney is out to an advantage among registered voters. in the 15 states that we can in play. the seven toss-up states and the eight states leaning towards either the president or his republican challenge. the news is not all good. as the election approaches, few things are seen more important for voter enthusiasm. the polling indicates in march only 46% of democrats said they were enthusiastic about involving in november. and now it's up to 59%. so that's a 13% increase in enthusiasm. on the democratic side. certainly not so on the republican side. it's been consistent since march. and really hasn't moved above 52% or 51%. >> still a significant number of americans out there, joe, who haven't made up their minds yet. they're maybe leaning one way or the other, but they're open to changing their minds down the road. still four months to go. >> that's true. you're talking about one in five. also important to know that 79% have already made up their mind. a lot of people out there are pretty much locked in. 39% said they made up their minds.
poll, mitt romney is out to an advantage among registered voters. in the 15 states that we can in play. the seven toss-up states and the eight states leaning towards either the president or his republican challenge. the news is not all good. as the election approaches, few things are seen more important for voter enthusiasm. the polling indicates in march only 46% of democrats said they were enthusiastic about involving in november. and now it's up to 59%. so that's a 13% increase in...
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you look at president obama compared to mitt romney, mitt romney is ahead in the latest polls on leadership. so i think she can tell the american people a little about how he makes those important decisions. >> but she is not going to be throwing punches tonight or really getting into policy, do you think? ann romney gave an interview this weekend in which she said, you know, it is time for a grown up, which you know is a pretty pointed barb against the president of the united states. you don't think michelle obama will be -- >> she will be more subtle, talk about her roots growing up, talk about the health struggles of her father, now being a mother, try to make that connection. one place romney made progress, voters were asked who is more in touch with the middle class. that's one of the things she will talk about. i know you're out there struggling, we struggled as a young couple, talk about student loans and when they were young didn't have much money to try to make the point that you may be disappointed in this economy, trust me, i have seen him every night, watched the hair go gray, l
you look at president obama compared to mitt romney, mitt romney is ahead in the latest polls on leadership. so i think she can tell the american people a little about how he makes those important decisions. >> but she is not going to be throwing punches tonight or really getting into policy, do you think? ann romney gave an interview this weekend in which she said, you know, it is time for a grown up, which you know is a pretty pointed barb against the president of the united states. you...
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seven-point lead in the poll and mitt romney has to win ohio. new hampshire is a battleground state where you see a narrow race, a statistical tie and this is the only one where it is romney on top for three points. statistically, that is a tie, but governor romney would rather be the guy slightly ahead than slightly behind. wolf, you can click through them quick. look at the state of colorado. a statistical tie. the president on top, 48-47. but that one is a tie. we come over to the state of virginia. this is several polls combined and what we call a poll of polls. we average them all out. again, a warning sign, just like ohio for governor romney. he needs the state of virginia. he can win without it, but the president with an edge there. few others but let me give you one more in the state of florida this, again, another new fox news polls and recent polls in florida that do the same thing, five-point advantage for the president. so, you look at ohio and you look at florida and the romney campaign meets both of those states. if you look at mor
seven-point lead in the poll and mitt romney has to win ohio. new hampshire is a battleground state where you see a narrow race, a statistical tie and this is the only one where it is romney on top for three points. statistically, that is a tie, but governor romney would rather be the guy slightly ahead than slightly behind. wolf, you can click through them quick. look at the state of colorado. a statistical tie. the president on top, 48-47. but that one is a tie. we come over to the state of...
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but right now, our poll of polls shows he's neck and neck with romney in ohio. that's why it's one of the yellow toss-up states on cnn's electoral map. the president wrapped up a rally in dayton, ohio, just a little while ago, along with the vice president, joe biden, and a glossy new blueprint for a second term. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, is in dayton with the latest. jessica? >> reporter: hi, wolf. just a month ago, president obama had a healthy lead here in ohio, but now you can tell both from his tone and his schedule, he knows this is now a fight to the finish. on the trail, no sign president obama plans to tone down the sarcasm he unleashed at the last debate. >> if you talk about how much you love teachers during a debate, but just a few weeks ago, you said we shouldn't hire any more because it won't grow our economy, you might have romnesia. >> reporter: if anything, he has sharpened his bite. >> we had a severe outbreak last night. it was at least, at least phase three romnesia. >> reporter: but the focus is shifting. now a clo
but right now, our poll of polls shows he's neck and neck with romney in ohio. that's why it's one of the yellow toss-up states on cnn's electoral map. the president wrapped up a rally in dayton, ohio, just a little while ago, along with the vice president, joe biden, and a glossy new blueprint for a second term. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, is in dayton with the latest. jessica? >> reporter: hi, wolf. just a month ago, president obama had a healthy lead here in...
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we'll poll here next week, but a new poll shows michigan, the state where mitt romney's dad was governor, where mitt romney was born, a 10-point lead for president obama there. the auto bailout a factor there. those numbers probably the reason republican super pacs have stopped advertising in the state of michigan. the always key battleground state of ohio a mixed message from two polls out. one an american research group poll shows a dead heat. 48, 47. nbc "the wall street journal" poll shows the president with a 7-point lead. republicans say they don't like this poll. too many democrats in the sample. in any event, the president appears to have a slight lead in the state of ohio as well. new hampshire, a small state but battleground state, look at this, five-point lead for the president. wmur granite state poll. five-point lead. as we move down the eastern seaboard we come to the state of virginia. state the president carried last time a. must-win state for mitt romney this time. a five-point lead for the president. going to sound like a broken record. come down to battleground florida
we'll poll here next week, but a new poll shows michigan, the state where mitt romney's dad was governor, where mitt romney was born, a 10-point lead for president obama there. the auto bailout a factor there. those numbers probably the reason republican super pacs have stopped advertising in the state of michigan. the always key battleground state of ohio a mixed message from two polls out. one an american research group poll shows a dead heat. 48, 47. nbc "the wall street journal"...
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same poll, it was 47 obama, 44 romney. so a slight up tick. within the margin of error shall we say. a little impressive number nationally. >> we elect presidents state by state. there are 10 or 12 battle ground states that matter more. the president is outspending romney, just campaign on campaign, he is outspending romney two to one. most ads are negative. 43 for romney is not a good number. you have the iumbent under 50. with 105 days to go, significant to keep the incumbent under 50. but proof negative advertising works. >> here is the interesting thing about the poll. unfavorable ratings of both candidates has gone up and this is a problem. people are already sick of the campaign, sick of the negative ads. why we saw president obama do a comparative ad, but it was look into the camera ad. what the american public is saying, we don't like either one of you guys now, we don't like what we're seeing on our television sets. >> and it is only july. >> thanks, guys. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, cnn's erin burnett going outfront in afri
same poll, it was 47 obama, 44 romney. so a slight up tick. within the margin of error shall we say. a little impressive number nationally. >> we elect presidents state by state. there are 10 or 12 battle ground states that matter more. the president is outspending romney, just campaign on campaign, he is outspending romney two to one. most ads are negative. 43 for romney is not a good number. you have the iumbent under 50. with 105 days to go, significant to keep the incumbent under 50....
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our so-called poll of polls shows president obama leading romney by 5 points. as the candidates jockey in the polls, the campaign ad war is certainly heating up. let's bring in our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin. she's taking a look at all these ads. jessica, what are you seeing? >> hi, wolf. first of all a senior campaign -- senior obama campaign ad said they don't buy the 13-point lead. they don't believe that poll. they think the race is actually much tighter than that and will continue to be right up until election day. in fact, a number of senior obama campaign aides say -- told reporters today that they believe that in this close race that the president is going to win because he's ahead. of course they think he's fwoing to win, but it's because he's ahead with a number of key voting groups for them. we've talked about this. these are the groups among women, they say they continue to lead in the key battleground states, colorado, nevada, virginia. they also say they're ahead with latino voters and expect a bigger latino turnout or hoping
our so-called poll of polls shows president obama leading romney by 5 points. as the candidates jockey in the polls, the campaign ad war is certainly heating up. let's bring in our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin. she's taking a look at all these ads. jessica, what are you seeing? >> hi, wolf. first of all a senior campaign -- senior obama campaign ad said they don't buy the 13-point lead. they don't believe that poll. they think the race is actually much tighter than that...
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and mitt romney ramps up his criticism of the president again as the latest polls show him falling behind in several crucial states. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> but we begin with these live pictures. look at this. this is tahrir square in cairo. these are live pictures coming in not far from the united states embassy. once again, the protests escalating even as we speak. earlier in the day it had been relatively -- keyword,
and mitt romney ramps up his criticism of the president again as the latest polls show him falling behind in several crucial states. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> but we begin with these live pictures. look at this. this is tahrir square in cairo. these are live pictures coming in not far from the united states embassy. once again, the protests escalating even as we speak. earlier in the day it had been relatively -- keyword,
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not only does romney have ground to make up in ohio and florida, the latest poll of polls shows romney trailing the president by ten points. republicans have tried but failed to win pennsylvania in recent elections. just ask made his own last ditch effort. >> one day left until we take america in a new direction. we need pennsylvan tomorrow. with you help, we will win. >> now, it's unclear what kind of resources the romney campaign is planning to spend on pennsylvania when asked if they would buy in ads in the state, a romney aid said that is for the romney campaign to know and t obama campaign to worry about. >>> thank you, let's get more on at call between presidt ama and the isreali prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> reporter: they always emp fi -- say they're in touch weekly. >> they attended tat different times, no meetings, no handshakes, but today a fllow up phone call that an official said lasted more than 20 minutes. in a statement released by the white house, it covered a range of security issues, the president reaffirmed his commitment to israel security, and the two lead
not only does romney have ground to make up in ohio and florida, the latest poll of polls shows romney trailing the president by ten points. republicans have tried but failed to win pennsylvania in recent elections. just ask made his own last ditch effort. >> one day left until we take america in a new direction. we need pennsylvan tomorrow. with you help, we will win. >> now, it's unclear what kind of resources the romney campaign is planning to spend on pennsylvania when asked if...
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the latest polls, mitt romney, 50%. president obama, 49%. the president's wife was here in orlando today stumping. mitt romney started in sanford, florida, this morning stumping and sanford is up in that i-4 corridor. there is a last-minute, full-court press to try and get as many of their voters out as they possibly can tomorrow because it is likely to be very, very close. >> every vote will certainly count. thanks very much, john zarrella. the campaigns have mobilized armies of lawyers already to keep an eye on the polling places and to try to take legal action wherever they see fit. let's bring in our senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. jeffrey, the early voting legal battles that we're seeing right now, could that foreshadow a bigger problem? >> it sure could because the real legal fights, as in florida in 2000, generally take place after the polls have closed. and two things to keep in mind about those battles, if they happen. one is the candidate who's ahead on election night almost always wins. going in with a lead, no matter how sm
the latest polls, mitt romney, 50%. president obama, 49%. the president's wife was here in orlando today stumping. mitt romney started in sanford, florida, this morning stumping and sanford is up in that i-4 corridor. there is a last-minute, full-court press to try and get as many of their voters out as they possibly can tomorrow because it is likely to be very, very close. >> every vote will certainly count. thanks very much, john zarrella. the campaigns have mobilized armies of lawyers...
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happening now, a new poll has bad news for mitt romney when it comes to one of the country's most important groups of voters. tomorrow night won't be the first time romney and the president have come face-to-face, but you may be surprised at how seldom they've actually met. and the former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, she's here in "the situation room" live this hour. i'll ask her about the democrats' chances of taking back control of the house of representatives. i'm wolf blitzer. your in "the situation room." >>> we're down to just 35 days until the actual presidential election exactly five weeks from today. here's where the race may be decided. we're getting our first look inside the debate hall over at the university of denver. barack obama and mitt romney, they are getting ready to face-off tomorrow night. and as cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta discovered, it will be one of the very two times the two men have actually met in person. jim is joining us live from littleton, colorado. what's the latest on this particular score, jim? >> reporter: well, wolf, i can te
happening now, a new poll has bad news for mitt romney when it comes to one of the country's most important groups of voters. tomorrow night won't be the first time romney and the president have come face-to-face, but you may be surprised at how seldom they've actually met. and the former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, she's here in "the situation room" live this hour. i'll ask her about the democrats' chances of taking back control of the house of representatives. i'm wolf...
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mitt romney's 49% to 48% lead over president obama is within the poll's plus or minus four-point sampling error. cnn's chief national correspondent john king is standing by. florida, florida, it's still florida, florida, florida. >> a dead heat. but that is momentum for mitt romney. if you look back two months ago when we polled among likely voters the president had a four-point lead, right at the margin of error. governor romney now with the lead. the campaign increasingly confident about the state of florida and obama campaign concedes it's going his way. they've been spending as much as governor romney on television $5 million just last week to keep it close. why is it like this? a big generational gap in florida. voters under the age of 50 a huge advantage for president obama. but on those medicare attacks are not working so well 36%, to 56% among romney. that's a plus for the romney campaign in florida. talked about a generational gap. there's also an income gap. look at this. the president with a big advantage of those making under $50,000 a year. but among those that make $50,000 a
mitt romney's 49% to 48% lead over president obama is within the poll's plus or minus four-point sampling error. cnn's chief national correspondent john king is standing by. florida, florida, it's still florida, florida, florida. >> a dead heat. but that is momentum for mitt romney. if you look back two months ago when we polled among likely voters the president had a four-point lead, right at the margin of error. governor romney now with the lead. the campaign increasingly confident...
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and the pew poll that came out earlier this week, wolf, said six in ten voters believe that romney is promising more than he can deliver. one reason bill clinton's speech was so popular at the democratic convention was he said the arithmetic doesn't add up. so you can push is this just rhetoric during a campaign, or is this real? if you want to close tax loopholes, okay, fine. what loopholes would you close? he's got to answer that. and so far hasn't done it. >> his argument is i don't want to put all that out right now. because if he's president, he's going to have to negotiate all those issues with democrats. and why put your own position out right now. >> sure. >> i don't know if his argument's going to necessarily hold. that's another matter. a lot of folks have seen romney over these past couple weeks at the debate, in the interview with me, moving more towards the center. do you see that? >> i did. i saw that particularly in your interview when he talked about the wealthy and how his tax plan would affect the wealthy. because of course the obama team is saying, you know, mitt ro
and the pew poll that came out earlier this week, wolf, said six in ten voters believe that romney is promising more than he can deliver. one reason bill clinton's speech was so popular at the democratic convention was he said the arithmetic doesn't add up. so you can push is this just rhetoric during a campaign, or is this real? if you want to close tax loopholes, okay, fine. what loopholes would you close? he's got to answer that. and so far hasn't done it. >> his argument is i don't...
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the polls shows romney with a five-point lead in colorado while the president's ahead in virginia and wisconsin. joining us now our democratic strategist and cnn political contributor donna brazile along with republican strategist and cnn contributor ana navarro. were you surprised, donna, by ese poll numbers that the president's ahead in wisconsin and virginia but behind in colorado right now? >> no, wolf, i'm not surprised. this race is going to be a very close race across the country. of course the battleground states, the nine or ten states where they're running millions and millions of dollars in advertisement, that's where all the focus is right now. these national polls really don't matter. it tells us what the sauce is but not what the flavor is at the moment. i do suspect that mitt romney is doing a little bit better in some of these states given the what i like to consider all of the advertisement they've been running throughout the olympics, i try to look at the olympics every night, but of course these ads are distracting. so i turn them off and go get something cold to dr
the polls shows romney with a five-point lead in colorado while the president's ahead in virginia and wisconsin. joining us now our democratic strategist and cnn political contributor donna brazile along with republican strategist and cnn contributor ana navarro. were you surprised, donna, by ese poll numbers that the president's ahead in wisconsin and virginia but behind in colorado right now? >> no, wolf, i'm not surprised. this race is going to be a very close race across the country....
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and a new cnn poll, polls show president obama ahead of mitt romney by five points in this key battleground state. wolf? >> brianna, thanks very much. >>> new presidential campaign ads are circulating. the candidates each slamming the other for being weak on china. we're going to check the facts of the accusations. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." forz(power!) andiamo! andiamo! (let's go! let's go!) avanti! avanti! (keep going! keep going!) hahaha...hahahaha! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than christopher columbus with speedboats. that's happy! get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting
and a new cnn poll, polls show president obama ahead of mitt romney by five points in this key battleground state. wolf? >> brianna, thanks very much. >>> new presidential campaign ads are circulating. the candidates each slamming the other for being weak on china. we're going to check the facts of the accusations. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." forz(power!) andiamo! andiamo! (let's go! let's go!) avanti! avanti! (keep going! keep going!)...
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down here in the cincinnati area, southwest ohio, governor romney is ahead in the polls. and that's significant. barack obama carried hamilton county, where i am, four years ago. if hamilton county is blue on election day, the president will win ohio and most likely be re-elected. at the moment the romney team thinks it can hold onto this state -- onto this part of the state. so it's just a feisty fight it all out intensity try to churn turnout. the romney campaign considers it a dead heat and believes it can make up the intensity on election day. >> candy, are you hearing echoes of 2000 when florida went for george w. bush by 537 votes? out of millions cast. >> i am. because you can't ever get that out of your head because it was just such a surprise. i can tell you, you know, it's not whether i hear them, it's whether both these campaigns hear them. one of the things i was listening to james baker the other day who of course was the lead lawyer for the then-candidate bush in 2000 who said, look, none of us ever expected this would happen. we weren't ready for a recount
down here in the cincinnati area, southwest ohio, governor romney is ahead in the polls. and that's significant. barack obama carried hamilton county, where i am, four years ago. if hamilton county is blue on election day, the president will win ohio and most likely be re-elected. at the moment the romney team thinks it can hold onto this state -- onto this part of the state. so it's just a feisty fight it all out intensity try to churn turnout. the romney campaign considers it a dead heat and...
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obama is six points ahead of romney in the quinnipiac, "the new york times" poll. he is driving home the importance of the election in november. dan lothian joins me live from akron. dan, what was the president's message this time? >> reporter: the message was he is fighting for the middle class, details the progress he made so far, pointed out to supporters, there are no quick fixes, then he went after mitt romney. he said what he is offering is not a plan and not a solution for the americans that taxpayers can support. >> girl? >> yes. >> reporter: it is standard operating procedure, drop in for burgers or sweets at popular local spots. >> i think this would be perfect for michelle. >> reporter: a photo op meant to reinforce his message, that he is looking for small business owners and middle class americans and mitt romney's plans will only benefit the rich. >> folks making $3 million a year or more get a quarter million dollar tax cut. >> reporter: to drive that point home, he touted a new report by the tax policy center. it didn't specifically analyze romney's
obama is six points ahead of romney in the quinnipiac, "the new york times" poll. he is driving home the importance of the election in november. dan lothian joins me live from akron. dan, what was the president's message this time? >> reporter: the message was he is fighting for the middle class, details the progress he made so far, pointed out to supporters, there are no quick fixes, then he went after mitt romney. he said what he is offering is not a plan and not a solution...
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polls show obama and mitt romney in pretty much a dead heat in ohio right now. also, cuba is making it easier for residents to travel outside the country. today cuba's official news site is reporting that the castro government is dropping two travel requirements, a travel permit and a letter of invitation. that could save travelers hundreds of dollars. but residents will need a valid passport, something not everyone is allowed. and social security benefits for nearly 62 million americans will be going up next year. the 1.7% cost of living increase means the average retiree will take in about $40 more each month. but for some that money will go to higher medicare premiums. for workers, the adjustment also means more wages will be subject to social security tax. and it could be the sequel to the thomas crown affair, seven paintings were stolen from exhibition in the netherlands early this morning. police are blaming a burglar who they say was well prepared. the art is of considerable value by picasso, monet and others. they're part of a private collection being sh
polls show obama and mitt romney in pretty much a dead heat in ohio right now. also, cuba is making it easier for residents to travel outside the country. today cuba's official news site is reporting that the castro government is dropping two travel requirements, a travel permit and a letter of invitation. that could save travelers hundreds of dollars. but residents will need a valid passport, something not everyone is allowed. and social security benefits for nearly 62 million americans will...
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. >> reporter: in ohio where the bain attacks may be weighing down romney's poll numbers, his campaign is flooding the zone sending the candidate to the northern end of the state, bobby jindal to columbus and jeb bush to outside cincinnati. >> governor, will you release your income tax records? >> that's been the tradition. i'm not opposed to doing that. >> reporter: but democrats are also hitting hard unleashing this web video showing what looks like the romney family dra saj horse prancing as romney dances around tax return questions. and noting michelle obama once praised a daycare company founded by the investment firm. >> the partnership for a healthier america is working with private providers like horizons. that's the nation's second largest private child care provider. >> reporter: but the personal attacks aren't just coming from the campaigns. consider how one supporter referred to the president at romney's town hall. >> this monster -- >> that's not a term i would use. >> reporter: as for naming a running mate, romney told this town hall he hasn't reached a decision yet, but
. >> reporter: in ohio where the bain attacks may be weighing down romney's poll numbers, his campaign is flooding the zone sending the candidate to the northern end of the state, bobby jindal to columbus and jeb bush to outside cincinnati. >> governor, will you release your income tax records? >> that's been the tradition. i'm not opposed to doing that. >> reporter: but democrats are also hitting hard unleashing this web video showing what looks like the romney family...
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and where governor romney has closed the gap in the most recent polls. wolf. >> dan lothian with the president. mitt romney told a virginia crowd he loves taking part in the debates with president obama. members of both campaigns, they are still arguing about something that romney said during last night's confrontation. cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta is with the romney campaign. >> reporter: wolf, after what sounded like a war between two men trying to assume the role of debate alpha dog, both campaigns are still barking. not surprisingly mitt romney is sounding like a candidate who believes he's gone two-for-two, but at his first post debate event it's worth noting what did and did not come out. >> i love these debates. you know, these things are great. >> reporter: in virginia mitt romney was still in a new york state of mind still talking about his debate rematch with president obama. >> i think it's interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. he can't even explain what he's done in the last four y
and where governor romney has closed the gap in the most recent polls. wolf. >> dan lothian with the president. mitt romney told a virginia crowd he loves taking part in the debates with president obama. members of both campaigns, they are still arguing about something that romney said during last night's confrontation. cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta is with the romney campaign. >> reporter: wolf, after what sounded like a war between two men trying to assume the...
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this is from the new nbc "the wall street journal" poll in iowa obama 50%, romney 44%. much closer in new hampshire. obama 49%, romney 47% within the sampling error. wisconsin similarly 49%, 46%. these states are pretty important as well. >> every state. all of these battleground states are very important. there are different permutations to get to the all important 270. you look at a tiny state like new hampshire which is so close, four electoral votes, wolf, but it's the last place mitt romney is going to visit before he goes home to boston to vote. the president's going to be there. this could be the difference in the electoral college. if you look at iowa and wisconsin, two other numbers you just threw out there. iowa and wisconsin very important part of the president's firewall in the midwest. for example, should he lose florida, iowa and wisconsin very important. same thing with ohio. both of them -- both those states important to both of these candidates. and of course wisconsin -- in wisconsin that may be one of the reasons paul ryan was chosen because the romne
this is from the new nbc "the wall street journal" poll in iowa obama 50%, romney 44%. much closer in new hampshire. obama 49%, romney 47% within the sampling error. wisconsin similarly 49%, 46%. these states are pretty important as well. >> every state. all of these battleground states are very important. there are different permutations to get to the all important 270. you look at a tiny state like new hampshire which is so close, four electoral votes, wolf, but it's the last...
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our cnn/orc poll of viewers, people who actually watched the debate, finds that 67% think mitt romney was the clear winner while only 25% think president obama won. let's get some more now from our chief political analyst gloria borger. gloria, how damaging was this debate to president obama last night? >> i think we have to let the polls come in. and we'll let the voters decide. but i think you saw from the way the president was behaving on the stump this morning that even he knows that this was a pretty damaging debate for him. look, mitt romney showed up as somebody who was reasonable, as somebody who criticized the president while being respectful of the president. and as somebody those independent voters, those undecided voters, those persuadable voters could take a look at and say, you know, i could see him as a plausible president. just by being there mitt romney was elevated to the level of the president. and he effectively i would have to say took charge of the debate. and the president just sort of did not really push him or force him or challenge him the way we just saw on
our cnn/orc poll of viewers, people who actually watched the debate, finds that 67% think mitt romney was the clear winner while only 25% think president obama won. let's get some more now from our chief political analyst gloria borger. gloria, how damaging was this debate to president obama last night? >> i think we have to let the polls come in. and we'll let the voters decide. but i think you saw from the way the president was behaving on the stump this morning that even he knows that...
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ma although i think it was a gallup poll on pew poll had his favorabilities for mitt romney at the time. >> here's a clip republicans are highlighting from bill clinton's speech on the campaign trail in ohio today. >> governor romney's argument is, we're not fixed so fire him and put me in. it is true, we're not fixed. when president obama looked into the eyes of that man who said in the debate i had so much hope four years ago and i don't now, i thought he was going to cry. because he knows that it's not fixed. the question is, which path will fix it? >> now, he went on to obviously strongly endorse president obama saying president obama's moving in the right direction he can do a better job fixing it. that line, it's true, we're not fixed, republicans are pounding the obama campaign, jamal, on that right now. >> you know, wolf, sometimes the big dog gets a little loose from the yard. and he said something that maybe the democrats have to walk back a little bit. but i think his fundamental point is the right one. the fundamental point is that ultimately this election's about the voters
ma although i think it was a gallup poll on pew poll had his favorabilities for mitt romney at the time. >> here's a clip republicans are highlighting from bill clinton's speech on the campaign trail in ohio today. >> governor romney's argument is, we're not fixed so fire him and put me in. it is true, we're not fixed. when president obama looked into the eyes of that man who said in the debate i had so much hope four years ago and i don't now, i thought he was going to cry. because...
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romney, here is a poll here, romney has 5% support of black registered voters. what percentage of the african-american vote would you predict mitt romney could get realistically? >> i think it is realistic he will get close to 10% of the african-american vote. i will start by being one of the 10%. no doubt, what we're looking at from a romney perspective, the fact that african-american unemployment since 2008 is up 40%. 40%. home closures, 25%. so what we have is the same message that works for the rest of america, works for the black community, too. >> what he did today, did that back fire? he was booed. >> absolutely, it is disrespect, the booing was absolutely disrespectful. however, he gets credit for showing up. he gets credit for having one single minded focus for all of america, and that's jobs and the economy. that was the success. and most importantly i think his approach to education. charter schools, public school choice, private school choice, major part of the unemployment rate ten years from now. he addressed two important issues in the african-ame
romney, here is a poll here, romney has 5% support of black registered voters. what percentage of the african-american vote would you predict mitt romney could get realistically? >> i think it is realistic he will get close to 10% of the african-american vote. i will start by being one of the 10%. no doubt, what we're looking at from a romney perspective, the fact that african-american unemployment since 2008 is up 40%. 40%. home closures, 25%. so what we have is the same message that...
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romney is the candidate, we're seeing polling ads attacking his record. and they're working. we're seeing his business record as a net negative. that doesn't generally happen with business people. but romney is losing credibility as a businessman in the economy. >> that's one of the strengths supposedly going in. what do you make -- we reported it yesterday, romney to the obama presidential playbook of 2008. in july this month he's going to go to israel and make a visit to the prime minister of israel. is that significant in a state, let's say florida, where there's a significant jewish population. >> it's significant not just politically. it's significant for all kinds of reasons. the president has been to 30 countries but not israel. this is governor romney's fourth trip. putin's been to israel twice. symbolism is important. we should be supporting their economic liberty, their religious liberty, their political liberty in a region fraught with none of the above and he hasn't been there and has turned his back on beat iing netanyahu. >> on this issue, the president not as p
romney is the candidate, we're seeing polling ads attacking his record. and they're working. we're seeing his business record as a net negative. that doesn't generally happen with business people. but romney is losing credibility as a businessman in the economy. >> that's one of the strengths supposedly going in. what do you make -- we reported it yesterday, romney to the obama presidential playbook of 2008. in july this month he's going to go to israel and make a visit to the prime...
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and mitt romney, who was widely criticized for his criticism of the president, right now on the poll of polls nationally is back to a one-point spread with the president, one point behind. is he done or to rise? >>> and new threats from al qaeda tonight, where al qaeda has said there should be attacks on ambassadors across the middle east. we'll get to the bottom of that and why al qaeda far from being on the run seems to be rising. back to you. >> a lot to digest. erin burnett, sound like a great show. thank you. >>> we're now learning the pilot of an american airlines jet was just seconds from ordering his plane evacuated at new york's kennedy airport during what turned out to be a fake threat. cnn's sandra endo is here with details of some tense exchanges between the cockpit and control tower center. what happened? >> joe, really dramatic stuff here. when you look to the cockpit voice recordings, you can tell the pilot didn't like being left in the dark as to why his plan was being directed to wait as emergency personnel started surrounding his plane. confusion and frustration, mo
and mitt romney, who was widely criticized for his criticism of the president, right now on the poll of polls nationally is back to a one-point spread with the president, one point behind. is he done or to rise? >>> and new threats from al qaeda tonight, where al qaeda has said there should be attacks on ambassadors across the middle east. we'll get to the bottom of that and why al qaeda far from being on the run seems to be rising. back to you. >> a lot to digest. erin burnett,...
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jack. >> president obama and mitt romney are neck and neck in the polls, it appears the president's supporters are more fired up when it comes to hitting the voting booth the fall. a new poll shows 75% of the president's supporters say their vote is for him. while 32 -- or 23% rather say they're going to vote against mitt romney. compare that to only 37% of romney's supporters who say their vote is for romney. 59% say they're going to vote against the president. there was a similar trend back in 2004. president bush's supporters were firmly behind him while most of john kerry's supporters were voting against bush. this poll also shows president obama benefitting from an enthusiasm gap although that is shrinking. more than half of obama's supporters back him very enthusiastically. only 38% of romney's supporters say the same. of course it's not all roses for the president. when it comes to the number one issue of the economy, 54% of all adults, 60% of independents get mr. obama negative remarks. he also gets negative ratings on health care and immigration. and two-thirds of americans think the
jack. >> president obama and mitt romney are neck and neck in the polls, it appears the president's supporters are more fired up when it comes to hitting the voting booth the fall. a new poll shows 75% of the president's supporters say their vote is for him. while 32 -- or 23% rather say they're going to vote against mitt romney. compare that to only 37% of romney's supporters who say their vote is for romney. 59% say they're going to vote against the president. there was a similar trend...
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our brand new poll numbers are coming up. >>> and would mitt romney run for president again? we're looking at the shifts on the political landscape that could send him back on the campaign trail. hey guys! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [...